The Press-Dispatch
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B-2 Sports Wednesday, Januar y 9, 2019 The Press-Dispatch rial senior Cam Saulman, sandwiched around a free throw by Hanselman, left Pike Central holding a 23- 19 advantage, a basket and a three-pointer by Benson extended the Chargers' lead to 28 -19 with under a minute remaining in the first half. A basket by Trojans soph- omore Coltin Page and a free throw by Saulmon pulled Wood Memorial to within six points – at 28 -22 – at the halftime intermission. The Chargers would score the first four points of the second half – on back-to- back baskets by Gorby and Holder – to stretch their lead to 32-22 with 6:08 left in the third quarter. Following an exchange of baskets by Bartley and Hold- er, the Trojans went on a 6 - 1 scoring run – powered by two free throws by junior Lo- gan Keeler and two baskets by Schwomeyer – to close to within 35 -30 with 2:38 re- maining in the third quarter. However, a three-point- er by Scott – off of an assist by Holder – and a basket by Benson stretched Pike Cen- tral's lead to 40 -30 going in- to the fourth period. The Trojans would pull to within five points – at 48 -43 – with 4:02 left in the final quarter before a free throw and a three-pointer by Scott stretched Pike Central's lead to 52-43 with 3:09 re- maining. Then, with the Chargers holding a 54-45 lead after Scott hit two free throws with 1:17 left in the con- test, two three-pointers and four free throws by Bartley sparked a 10 -4 scoring run that cut Pike Central's lead to 58 -55 with 9.1 seconds to play. A fter the Chargers turned the ball over on the ensuing inbounds play, Wood Me- morial immediately called a timeout with 7.8 seconds re- maining. When play resumed, a shot by Parke was off the mark, and a jump ball on the rebound went to Pike Central. Holder, fouled with 0.1 seconds left, hit two free throws to cap off the Char- gers' five-point victory. "I feel like we've been in this situation several times this year," an elated Elliott said afterward. "We've had a little bit of a lead. Now, this one happened a little bit lat- er in the game, but when we've had the lead and some things started not going our way, unfortunately, we were kind of folding." "Tonight, that started happening, and, instead, we came together," Elliott con- tinued. "We had that next play mentality. We didn't get stuck on the play before and, you know, we just went and made the next one – and we came out on top." For the game, Pike Cen- tral hit 17 of 31 field goal at- tempts – a 54.8 percent av- erage – and made 18 of 27 tries from the free throw line while turning the ball over 16 times. From beyond the three- point arc, the Chargers made a season-high eight tries out of 13 attempts. "I think tonight we were really doing a nice job of playing inside-out," Elliott said. "We were attacking the basket, and we shot 27 free throws and only 13 threes. I'm trying to get them to understand that playing in- side-out is our best brand of basketball, and those drive- and-kick threes – we hit eight of them tonight, that's the most we've hit all sea- son." "It's one of those things where we were just being ag- gressive to the rim," Elliott added. "And good things happen when you do that." Bartley, after being held to 10 points during the first three quarters, hit four of five field goal attempts, in- cluding three three-point- ers, and made eight of nine tries from the free throw line while netting 19 fourth-quar- ter points to finish with 29 for the game. Prior to the fourth period, the 6 -foot-3 Bartley – who al- so grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds – had made just four of 14 field goal attempts and was 2-for-6 from the free throw line. "It was a matter of time, I think," Elliott said of Bart- ley's fourth-quarter offen- sive outburst. "I think we did a really good job on him, re- ally, the whole game. But, you know, he's a very good player. He's very talented. He's played a lot of basket- ball. When the ball's in your hands as much as it is in his, it's just a matter of time be- fore some shots are going to start falling." Keeker and Page added eight points each for the Tro- jans, who slipped to 3-8. For the game, Wood Me- morial made 17 of 42 field goal attempts – a 40.5 per- cent average – and hit 18 of 29 tries from the free throw line while turning the ball over four times. Pike Central will return to action on Friday, Jan. 11, when the Chargers will play at Heritage Hills. On Satur- day, Jan. 12, they will travel to Boonville. "We've got a tough Heri- tage Hills team," Elliott said. "They're sitting at the top of the PAC – they're very tal- ented – and then Boonville on Saturday, so it's a chal- lenge for us. But I think we've shown what our kids can do when we play togeth- er, when we compete. So, you know, we're ready for it." HOLDER Continued from page 1 UPCOMING SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9 High School Girls' and Boys' Swimming: Evans- ville Christian and Vincennes Lincoln at Pike Central, 6 p.m. THURSDAY, JANUARY 10 High School Girls' and Boys' Swimming: Pike Central at Jasper, 6 p.m. High School Wrestling: Pike Central at Evansville Central, 6 p.m. High School Boys' C-Team Basketball: Vin- cennes Lincoln at Pike Central, 6 p.m. Middle School 6th Grade Girls' Basketball: Pike Central at Oakland City (B game first), 5:30 p.m. Middle School 7th and 8th Grade Boys' Basket- ball: Fort Branch at Pike Central, 6 p.m. Middle School 7th and 8th Grade Girls' Bas- ketball: Pike Central at Jasper, 6 p.m. FRIDAY, JANUARY 11 High School Boys' Basketball: Pike Central at Heritage Hills – Junior Varsity, 6:30 p.m.; Varsity, 8 p.m. SATURDAY, JANUARY 12 High School Girls' and Boys' Swimming: Pike Central and Gibson Southern at Tecumseh, 11 a.m. High School Girls' Basketball: North Posey at Pike Central – Junior Varsity, noon; Varsity, 1:30 p.m. High School Boys' Basketball: Pike Central at Boonville – Junior Varsity, 6:30 p.m.; Varsity, 8 p.m. Middle School 6th Grade Girls' Basketball: Pike Central at Vincennes Clark, 9:30 a.m. MONDAY, JANUARY 14 High School Boys' C Team Basketball: Pike Cen- tral at Wood Memorial, 6:30 p.m. Middle School 7th and 8th Grade Girls' Bas- ketball: Pike Central at Southridge, 6 p.m. Middle School 6th Grade Boys' Basketball: Pike Central at Loogootee, 6 p.m. Middle School 6th Grade Girls' Basketball: Fort Branch at Pike Central (Old Petersburg Gym), 6 p.m. Middle School 7th and 8th Grade Boys' Bas- ketball: Wood Memorial at Pike Central, 6:30 p.m. TUESDAY, JANUARY 15 High School Girls' Basketball: Evansville North at Pike Central – Junior Varsity, 6:30 p.m.; Varsity, 8 p.m. High School Wrestling: Pike Central at Evansville Memorial ( junior varsity and varsity), 6 p.m. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16 High School Wrestling: Pike Central in Evansville Mater Dei Tournament ( junior varsity only), 6 p.m. Middle School 6th Grade Girls' Basketball: Princeton at Pike Central (Old Petersburg Gym), 6:30 p.m. THURSDAY, JANUARY 17 High School Girls' Basketball: Pike Central at Princeton – Junior Varsity, 6:30 p.m.; Varsity, 8 p.m. High School Girls' and Boys' Swimming and Diving: Pike Central in Pocket Athletic Conference Championship preliminaries at Tecumseh, 6 p.m. High School Boys' C Team Basketball: Pike Cen- tral at Washington, 6 p.m. Middle School 7th and 8th Grade Girls' Basket- ball: South Knox at Pike Central, 6 p.m. Middle School 7th and 8th Grade Boys' Basket- ball: Pike Central at South Knox, 6 p.m. Middle School 6th Grade Boys' Basketball: Pike Central at Heritage Hills, 6:30 p.m. FRIDAY, JANUARY 18 High School Boys' Basketball: Pike Central at North Knox – Junior Varsity, 6 p.m.; Varsity, 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY, JANUARY 19 High School Boys' Basketball: Washington at Pike Central – Junior Varsity, 6 p.m.; Varsity, 7:30 p.m. High School Girls' Basketball: Pike Central at Barr-Reeve – Junior Varsity, 1 p.m.; Varsity, 2:30 p.m. High School Girls' and Boys' Swimming and Diving: Pike Central in Pocket Athletic Conference Championship finals at Tecumseh, 9 a.m. High School Wrestling: Pike Central in Pocket Athletic Conference Championship at Heritage Hills, 10 a.m. Middle School 6th Grade Girls' Basketball: Pike Central in Fort Branch Tournament, TBA. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' BASKETBALL Pocket Athletic Conference Standings PAC Overall Team W-L W-L Southridge ....................................... 3-0 ............ 8 -4 Heritage Hills .................................. 2-0 ...........11-1 Tell City .............................................2-1 ............ 8 -3 South Spencer .................................. 1-1 ............ 5 -5 Tecumseh .........................................1-2 ............ 8 -5 Forest Park .......................................0 -1 ............ 6 -6 North Posey .....................................0 -1 ............ 3-7 Pike Central .....................................0 -1 ............ 2-8 Gibson Southern ..............................0 -2 ............ 3-6 Results of January 4 Pike Central 60, Wood Memorial 55 Barr-Reeve 52, Forest Park 44 Heritage Hills 76, Gibson Southern 45 North Posey 61, Mount Vernon (Posey) 44 South Spencer 58, Evansville Day School 47 Southridge 73, Tecumseh 43 Tell City 86, Hancock County (Ky.) 24 Results of January 5 Bloomington South 73, North Posey 44 Castle 60, Tell City 56 Forest Park 60, Perry Central 44 Gibson Southern 45, Evansville Memorial 44 Heritage Hills 61, Madison Central (Ky.) 58 Southridge 49, Northeast Dubois 35 Tecumseh 56, Springs Valley 52 Result of January 8 Evansville Day at Tell City Games of January 11 Pike Central at Heritage Hills: Junior Varsity, 6:30 p.m.; Varsity, 8 p.m. Gibson Southern at Princeton North Posey at Tecumseh South Spencer at Forest Park Southridge at Perry Central Games of January 12 Pike Central at Boonville: Junior Varsity, 6:30 p.m.; Varsity, 8 p.m. Forest Park at North Posey Heritage Hills at Tecumseh Southridge at Jasper Tell City at South Spencer Washington at Gibson Southern Games of January 18 Pike Central at North Knox: Junior Varsity, 6 p.m.; Varsity, 7:30 p.m. Forest Park at Jasper Heritage Hills at Southridge North Posey at South Spencer Tell City at Evansville Mater Dei Games of January 19 Washington at Pike Central: Junior Varsity, 6 p.m.; Varsity, 7:30 p.m. Crawford County at Tell City Evansville Mater Dei at Gibson Southern Forest Park at Tecumseh North Posey at Southridge South Spencer at Evansville North Pike Central High School senior Draven Huff (center) tries to drive toward the basket as Wood Memorial sophomore Griffen Parke (12) defends during varsity boys' basketball action on Friday, Jan. 4. The Chargers defeated the host Trojans, 60-55. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School sophomore Ethan Gorby (with ball) passes the ball as Wood Me- morial senior Paxon Bartley (top left) and soph- omore Griffin Parke (12) defend during varsity boys' basketball action on Friday, Jan. 4. Gorby scored five points in a 60-55 victory over the host Trojans. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School senior Christian Ben- son (with ball) goes up for a shot over Wood Me- morial senior Cam Saulmon (foreground) as Tro- jan senior Paxon Bartley (32) looks on during varsity boys' basketball action on Friday, Jan. 4. Benson scored 16 points in a 60-55 victory over the host Trojans. Ed Cahill photo Right: Pike Central High School sophomore Ethan Gorby (11) prepares to shoot a free throw during junior varsity boys' basketball action at Wood Memorial on Friday, Jan. 4. Gorby scored four points in a 59-53 overtime loss to the Tro- jans. Ed Cahill photo Below: Pike Central High School sophomore Jaden Guth (facing camera) puts up a one-hand- ed shot over Wood Memorial sophomore Gabe Krutz (51) during junior varsity boys' basketball action on Friday, Jan. 4. Guth scored 13 points in a 59-53 overtime loss to the host Trojans. Ed Cahill photo